Graduate Program - Enterprise Investment Services - Vanguard Australia

At Vanguard, we make success accessible to everyone. That includes you. By joining our 24-month, rotational Graduate Program with Enterprise Investment Services (EIS), you’ll encounter vast opportunities to learn and grow, making it count for your career and for our investors.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we stand for inclusion, cultivating difference and equality. These core values are lived at the level of our crew, clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

More than 45 years ago, John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs. Evidently, it was as bold as it was brilliant. To this day, Vanguard Group still has no external shareholders. That means no share prices to protect, and no profits to generate for outside owners.

Today, Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies, serving more than 50 million investors worldwide. For more than 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors, financial advisers, and superannuation members to achieve their long-term financial goals. 

Invest in your success with the EIS Graduate Program

Enterprise Investment Services exists to drive investor success through world class investment services. The division is comprised of Investment Operations, Global Investment Data Management and Securities Lending functions. The division is responsible for pre/post trade lifecycle

management, Investment Book of Record generation that drives investment decision and delivering a high value securities lending program to our clients. EIS is part of a collaborative global team that aims to deliver operational excellence, insightful analytics and white glove support to the Investment Management Teams. In this program, you will rotate through various groups within the EIS division and have the opportunity to gain exposer to a wide variety of asset classes across the full suite of Vanguard investment products.

You’ll begin the program in the Reconciliation team, building a deep understanding off all global portfolios, both equity and fixed income, with an emphasis on capturing any difference between our internal IBOR and Custody. You’ll then move into one of the specialist teams within Investment Operations where you will hone your knowledge on a specialised area of the investment management process, these may include Trade Management Oversight, Investment Book of Record, Derivatives or Corporate Actions. You’ll then move into an Investment Management supporting role in either the Investment Data team, providing index data and adjustments that portfolio managers track their portfolios to, or Investment Support, who work closely with both the local Trading and Investment Management Group. You’ll then complete your program in the ETF Operations or Performance teams, utilising the knowledge you’ve gained through the varied teams that make up the Investment Management Lifecycle.

Following the completion of the program participants will be provided a permanent role in one of the teams within EIS.

What it takes

You have just graduated, or are on track to graduate this year, from a relevant degree, and are looking to launch a long and rewarding career with a global market leader. You want to be a part of a culture that promotes teamwork, diversity of thought, integrity and doing the best our clients and our crew and believe in Vanguard’s mission: to take a stand for all investors, treat them fairly, and give them the best chance for investment success.

What you need to apply

• Availability to commence a 2-year graduate program in February 2026
• Available for telephone and in-person interviews in July 2025
• Résumé
• Academic Transcript (unofficial transcript will suffice for those who have not yet graduated)
• WAM (Weighted Average Mark) of 75+
• Full working rights for Australia

Inclusion Statement

Vanguard’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: “Do the right thing.”

We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard’s core purpose through our values.

When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard’s core purpose.

Our core purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.